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		EL.SLAVE STORIES	Page One
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SU5AI~ ROSS was born at Magnolia Springs~ Texas, about 1862, a slave of Chester Horn. Her feat. ures a~zd the color of her 8km, together with a secretive manner, would point to Ithian blood . She lives with a daughter in the et~st part of‘ North Qjiarters, a Negro settlement in Jasper, Texas, rnd I s st il I act Ive en ou+gh t o help her daaghter in their little cafe.



	“Susan Ross my n~ae and I‘e born at Magnolia Springs thirlnt d~ war, 8o~Letime befo‘ freedom come, I guess ‘boat 1862. Pappy‘s naIne Bob Forn and he come from Georgia, and maim~y name Eallie Horn, and she think she part Indian, bu~t she ain‘t sho‘. Chester Horn our r~ssa and he have big pl9ntation i~t Ua~nolia Springs, and. he kep‘ one big famil~r connection of slaves. SometIme he sold. some of ~em and he sold my brother, Jack, ~nd my aunt, too. My other brother naine Jim mid S~rn and Aaron and Bill Horn, and ny‘ sisters name Mandy and Sarthi and Emily.

	“Masse have li‘l houses a].]. cwer de plantation for he slaves. Mass2, and h~ folks punich dey sieves awful hard, and he used to ti• tem up E~fld whip tern, too. Once he told my m~a~y do somethiR‘ and. she didn‘ t and he t ie and. whip her, and I skeert ~ c77. MPJUm7 cook ~nd work in d.c field.

	‚II jcst ‘~&ember I used to see sojers driss i* blue uniforras walkin ~ all over dc country watchia‘ how things go in ‚ • Massa want one my brothers go to War ‚ bUt he wouldn‘ t ~ so I seed him ‚ buckle m~ brother down on a log and whip hira with whips, d•n with hand. saws, t ill when he turn him loose you cou.ldn ‚ t t eli what he look 1 ike. My brother le±~‘ but I don‘t know whether he went to war T n&

	UI ‘members when de men w~s goin‘ to war, somebody allus
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